Strategies for Energy Use on the Dairy Farm
- Topics:
- Food and Beverage
- Tags:
- Dairy,
- Energy,
- Management,
- Strategy,
- University Of Illinois
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Overview: Monitoring energy cost and usage on the dairy farm often takes a back seat to the much other expenditure involved in producing milk. Usually it is feed, labor, and capital investment related costs that concern producers the most. This is understandable because these costs account for 75 to 80 percent of the total cost to produce milk. There are some things that dairy producers can do to reduce energy usage and/or improve milk production through adopting practices that will yield increased net returns. This paper focuses on three management practices relating to energy conservation and use of energy for maximizing profits.
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